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CVE-2008-6506

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6506 describes an unspecified vulnerability in phpBB versions prior to 3.0.4, allowing attackers to bypass access restrictions and activate deactivated user accounts. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and primarily impacts data integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb:phpbb:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/33166
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47370
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/2
osvdb.org / 50806
phpbb.com / community/viewtopic.php
Vendor Advisory
phpbb.com / support/documents.php
securityfocus.com / bid/32842